Six injured in school bus crash in Keresley

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Four teenagers and two adults were injured when their school bus collided with a car in Keresley, Coventry.



Four ambulance crews were called to the crash at the junction of Tamworth Road and Waste Lane, in Keresley, at about 4.30pm yesterday.

The bus was carrying a total of 35 pupils and staff at the time of the collision.

A teenage girl, who was on the bus, was immobilised using a spinal board and neck collar and taken to Coventry’s University Hospital.

Three other girls suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.

A man and woman, both in their 50s, who were also travelling on the bus were injured.

The man was taken to hospital after suffering from neck and back pain and the woman was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

A passerby said: “A lot of school kids were on the bus, some were being collected by their parents.

“Others were taken on a replacement bus and some to hospital.

“The road was closed for about 40 minutes.”

A West Midlands Ambulance spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find a double decker bus and a car that had been in a collision.

“A teenage girl travelling on the bus was treated at the scene for neck and back pain. She was transferred by ambulance to University Hospital Coventry.

“Three other teenage girls who were travelling on the bus, were also treated at the scene for minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment and were discharged.

“A man in his 50s was treated at the scene for neck and back pain and transferred by ambulance to the same hospital for further treatment.

“A woman in her 50s was also treated at the scene for minor injuries but refused further hospital treatment. Both patients were also on the bus.”

Both drivers were unhurt.

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Bus boss: We're not to blame for Keresley school bus crash

A TRANSPORT boss has defended his firm after six people were hurt in a crash between a school bus and a car in Keresley.

Ben Hobday, project manager of Travel de Courcey, says Wednesday’s incident when a car and a double-decker Travel de Courcey bus were in collision in Coventry was neither the fault of the bus driver or the bus company.

Four teenagers and two adults were injured in the crash which happened at the junction of Tamworth Road and Waste Lane at about 4.30pm, as the Telegraph reported on Thursday.

The bus was carrying a total of 35 pupils and staff at the time of the collision.

Defending the bus driver and the company, Mr Hobday said: “It wasn’t the bus driver’s or the bus company’s fault. It was an accident.

“We were taking children home.”

A teenage girl, who was on the bus, was immobilised using a spinal board and neck collar and taken to Coventry’s University Hospital.

Three other girls suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.